GP leaders ballot profession on mass list closure

GPs’ representatives in England have begun balloting general practices on the potential mass closure of patient lists in response to the ongoing crisis facing the profession.

The move comes after local medical committees, which represent GPs locally, passed a motion at their annual conference in May. This demanded that the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee ballot GPs on whether they would be willing to collectively close their lists in response to the huge pressures facing general practice and the inadequate response of NHS England’s rescue package.1

In a letter sent to GPs on 10 July, Richard Vautrey, acting chair of the General Practitioners Committee, urged GPs to take part in the ballot …